Friday, October 27, 2017

NEBRASKA: Its Land, Its People now open at MONA

Date: May 19 through Mar 13

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Its Land, Its People
May 19, 2017 – March 13, 2018 - Part I
August 29, 2017 – February 25, 2018 - Part II
Artworks that speak about the richness and diversity of the state’s land and its people, this selection presents some of the most iconic images that represent the history of Nebraska from the 19th century to the present day. Drawn from the Museum’s collection together with loans from other institutions and private lenders, artists include Albert Bierstadt, William Henry Jackson, Robert Henri, Elizabeth Dolan, Aaron...

"NEBRASKA: The Natural World" Opens at MONA

Date: Jun 6 through Mar 11

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: The Natural World
June 6, 2017 – March 11, 2018
Nebraska artists have always been inspired by the diverse range of wildlife thriving on the Great Plains. From John James Audubon’s Birds of America published between 1827 and 1838 to a stunning meadowlark coat created by contemporary fiber artist Robert Hillestad, this exhibition pays homage to the many species that can be found on the plains of Nebraska.

"NEBRASKA: Jean Thiessen – The MONA Collection" Opens at MONA

Date: Jul 21 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Jean Thiessen – The MONA Collection
July 21, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Self-taught artist Jean Thiessen (1876-1960) created captivating seven on-edge felt mosaics in the early part of the 20th century. MONA is fortunate to have many of her works, acquired from her son’s estate who himself was a prolific artist and early leader of the Museum. These unique and amazing creations exhibit rich coloration and a linear design, examples of an artist in full understanding of her medium.

"NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection" Opens at MONA

Date: Jul 28 through Feb 11

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection
July 28, 2017 – February 11, 2018
Solomon Butcher (1856-1927) was one of those migrating to Nebraska with dreams of a new and prosperous life under the Homestead Act. Quickly realizing he was not suited to work the land, he was inspired by those who did, and had a vision to create the settlement of the plains in a photographic history. Perhaps best known for his distinctive sod house images, Butcher’s photographs are regarded as the most important record of homesteading in America.

"NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection" Now Open at MONA

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection
August 22, 2017 – February 25, 2018
This portfolio of 33 lithographs by George Catlin (1796-1872) is an important part of MONA’s Artist-Explorers collection. After seeing a Plains Indian delegation on its way to Washington, D.C. in 1824, Catlin was inspired to dedicate his life to recording the disappearing customs and culture of Native Americans, traveling to the West to paint his subjects on their native land. In 1844, he produced a series of lithographs from...

"NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton – The MONA Collection" Opens at MONA

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton – The MONA Collection
August 22, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Francis Parkman’s novel, The Oregon Trail, was first published in 1849 after magazine serialization between 1847 and 1849. Each generation of publishers chose a different artist to illustrate the ever-popular Parkman text. The 1945 edition featured Thomas Hart Benton’s renditions. MONA’s collection of all 28 of Benton’s gouache paintings, including the 16 chosen for the 1945 edition, represent the only complete set known to exist.

"NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection" Now open at MONA

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection
August 22, 2017 – February 25, 2018
Nebraska native son Wright Morris (1910-1998) is represented at MONA with 131 black and white photographs, likely the largest collection in a public institution. During a cross-country car trip in 1938, he became enthralled with the visual beauty of the Nebraska landscape and rural life that he remembered from his youth. He bought a camera and began to document the mid-century structures and artifacts of rural America.

"Optical Chronicle II" Opens at MONA

Date: Aug 8 through Apr 15

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Avenue , Kearney,
NE

Optical Chronicle II
August 8, 2017 – April 15, 2018
Author Henry M. Sayre in his book A World of Art discusses the various roles of the artist in society. He identifies four roles; the second one is how artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings. These roles provide viewers with a touchstone through which they can then begin to interpret the work. This exhibition is the second in a series of four exhibitions, each dedicated alternatively to one of Sayre’s four guiding...

Presence of Absence

Date: Jul 18 through Oct 28

Location: Great Plains Art Museum
1155 Q Street , Lincoln,
NE

Photographs by David Lovekin and Rick Houchin depict 12 to 15 different small towns in central Nebraska. The pair of photographers spent two years traveling throughout Nebraska capturing quiet streets and signs of humanity, but void of inhabitants.

"Outdoors in Origami" art exhibit by Linda Stephen

Date: Aug 1 through Oct 28

Location: Immanuel Fine Arts Gallery, The Landing at Williamsburg
3500 Faulkner Drive Parking: In front of main building or at Agewell entrance on north side of Main Building at The Landing, lower level, Lincoln ,
NE

What: “Outdoors in Origami” solo exhibit of origami landscapes by Linda Stephen
Opening Reception: Sunday August 6, 2-4 p.m. Meet the artist. Reception free and open to the public.
Exhibit dates: August 1-October 28.
Hours 9 a.m. -4:00 p.m. weekdays. Groups welcome. Open on weekends by appointment. Call 402-420-9355.
Where: Immanuel Fine Arts Gallery
The Landing at Williamsburg Village
3500 Faulkner Drive, Lincoln, NE 68516
Tel: 402-420-9355
Best parking: Agewell entrance on north side of Main Building at The Landing, lower level...

"Don't Touch That Dial: Tune in to Kalamity Kate and the George Churley Puppets"

Date: Aug 18 through Jun 15

See the George Churley Puppets that delighted a generation of Nebraska kids on KOLN/KGIN TV's Cartoon Corral. Historic video clips and costumes worn by host Kalamity Kate (Leta Powell Drake) take you back to the 1970s. Monday-Friday, 9:00-4:30; Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-4:30 p.m.

NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Catlin’s North American Indian Portfolio – The MONA Collection
On view through February 25, 2018
This portfolio of 33 lithographs by George Catlin (1796-1872) is an important part of MONA’s Artist-Explorer collection. After seeing a Plains Indian delegation on its way to Washington, D.C. in 1824, Catlin was inspired to dedicate his life to recording the disappearing customs and culture of Native Americans by traveling to the West to paint his subjects on their native land. In 1844, he produced a series of lithographs from the...

NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection

Date: Jul 28 through Mar 5

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Solomon Butcher – The MONA Collection
On view through March 5, 2018
Solomon Butcher (1856-1927) was one of those migrating to Nebraska with dreams of a new and prosperous life under the Homestead Act. Quickly realizing he was not suited to work the land, he was inspired by those who did, and had a vision to create the settlement of the plains in a photographic history. Perhaps best known for his distinctive sod house images, Butcher’s photographs are regarded as the most important record of homesteading in America.

Optical Chronicle II

Date: Aug 8 through Apr 15

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

Optical Chronicle II
On view through April 15, 2018
Author Henry M. Sayre in his book A World of Art discusses the various roles of the artist in society. He identifies four roles; the second is how artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings. These roles provide the viewer with a touchstone through which they can then begin to interpret the work. This exhibition is the second in a series of four exhibitions, each dedicated to one of Sayre’s four guiding principles.

NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton – The MONA Collection

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Thomas Hart Benton –
The MONA Collection
On view through February 25, 2018
Francis Parkman’s novel, The Oregon Trail, was first published in 1849 after magazine serialization between 1847 and 1849. Each generation of publishers chose a different artist to illustrate Parkman’s text. The 1945 edition featured Thomas Hart Benton’s renditions. MONA’s collection of all 28 of Benton’s gouache and ink paintings, including the 16 chosen for the l945 edition, represent the only complete set known to exist.

NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection

Date: Aug 22 through Feb 25

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

NEBRASKA: Wright Morris – The MONA Collection
On view through February 25, 2018
Nebraska native son Wright Morris (1910-1998) is represented at MONA with 131 black and white photographs, likely the largest collection in a public institution. During a cross-country car trip in 1938, he became enthralled with the visual beauty of the Nebraska landscape and rural life that he remembered from his youth. He bought a camera and began to document the mid-century structures and artifacts of rural America.

Fragile Boundaries // Camille Hawbaker + Julia Ibbini

Date: Sep 8 through Nov 5

Location: Darger HQ
1804 Vinton Street , Omaha,
NE

Fragile Boundaries, opening Friday, September 8, at Darger HQ, will feature work by Camille Hawbaker (Omaha, Nebraska) and Julia Ibbini (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and will be on view through November 5th. The opening reception will be 6:00 to 9:00 pm, with an artist talk at 8:00 pm, moderated by Alex Priest, Exhibitions Manager, Bemis Center of Contemporary Art.
Julia Ibbini works with pattern, color, and texture through digital and hand manipulations. Her work bridges new technology and traditional ornamental designs as she explores...

CSC Hosts Exquisite Miniatures Art Exhibit

Date: Sep 21 through Dec 21

Wes and Rachelle Siegrist are a husband and wife team who capture the attention of viewers not with outstretched canvas but with miniature paintings so exquisitely crafted that they often get mistaken for tiny photographs. The exhibit features 50 paintings, each less than nine square inches. Available for viewing Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-Noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-Noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.

CSC Hosts Tressa Jones Art Exhibit

Date: Oct 9 through Nov 10

Tressa Jones' art utilizes print media to bring into view the passage of time and its consequential sensations of loss and absence. The exhibit is free and open to the public Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Horse Nation of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ

Date: Sep 5 through Jan 7

Location: Museum of Nebraska Art
2401 Central Ave. , Kearney,
NE

The Horse Nation of the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ
September 5, 2017 – January 7, 2018
The horse is more than just an animal for the Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota people who make up the Seven Councils Fire. Rather than only a means for work or travel, the horse has been cherished as kin since its reintroduction to North America more than three centuries ago. The Horse Nation, organized by The Heritage Center on the Pine Ridge Reservation, explores the cultural and spiritual significance of the horse as seen through the eyes of contemporary Lakota,...

Brian Haggard: Vintage Visions

Date: Sep 12 through Oct 28

Brian Haggard’s Crazy quilt-inspired artwork incorporates rich fabrics, an extensive vocabulary of stitches, and trim mined from antique stores. Borrowing embroidery techniques and designs from early 18th century samplers and late 19th century quilts, Haggard’s whimsical, hand-made pieces often elicit the question, “Is it old or new?” As a boy, Haggard discovered needlework as a creative outlet when his parents gave him a sewing machine. Today, he works as an interior designer in Indianapolis, writes about needlework, designs fabric,...

Voltage: Quilts by Erica Waaser

Date: Sep 29 through Feb 25

An architect and a native of Germany, Waaser creates contemporary studio quilts that recall Abstract Expressionism, Op-Art, and various patchwork traditions. She uses the medium of collage to explore color relationships, and to resolve questions of scale in what ultimately become large quilts featuring energetic lightning-bolt designs of interlocking zigzags. The IQSCM is pleased to introduce Waaser’s work, which has been shown in multiple international juried competitions.
Cost: free with admission.
**We will be closed every Monday.
For...

Against the Grain: Quilted Leather by Cathy Wiggins

Date: Oct 10 through Jan 6

Once a self-described “normal” quilter, Cathy Wiggins started working with leather in 2013, and has pioneered the field of contemporary quilted leather. She works with the hides of snakes, fish, goats, pigs, lambs, buffalo, and horses and aims, in the studio, to “honor each animal’s life and spirit.” Against the Grain marks Wiggins’ IQSCM debut.
Cost: free with admission.
**We will be closed every Monday.

NWU Theatre Production: Heathers

Date: Oct 26 through Oct 28

Three Heathers rule their 1980s Ohio high school as the hottest, cruelest girls around. But Veronica and her sexy new boyfriend have plans to put all three in their place—six feet under. Don’t miss this hilarious, heartfelt, homicidal musical. For mature audiences.

Fine Press Books of Nebraska Exhibit

Date: Sep 11 through Dec 19

Examples of Nebraska fine press printing, poetry, short stories, and art to celebrate the state’s 150th birthday are on display in UNO Libraries’ Archives & Special Collections from September 11 through December 19, 2017. Archives & Special Collections is free and open to the public Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM.
The exhibition features work from Nebraska printers such as Harry Duncan, Bonnie O’Connell, Denise Brady, and others. The books were printed by a range of fine presses with Nebraska connections including the Cummington Press, Gibraltar...

For Love and For Life: Nebraskans and the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights at UNO Libraries

Date: Oct 3 through Nov 10

Location: UNO Criss Library
6001 Dodge St. , Omaha,
NE

A new exhibition highlighting the participation of Nebraskans in one of the largest rallies in Washington, D.C. will be on display Tuesday, October 3 through Friday, November 10, 2017 in the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Criss Library’s Osborne Family Gallery.
For Love and For Life: Nebraskans and the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights will feature material from UNO Libraries' Queer Omaha Archives. Among the hundreds of thousands of attendees at the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on...

Midland Performing Arts Presents: Dracula

Date: Oct 25 through Oct 31

Performances:
October 25-28,31 & 7:30 29th @ 2pm
Rated PG-13 for frightening images
Dracula
Based on Bram Stoker’s infamous novel, Dracula tells the story of a vampire that goes about at night sucking blood from his lured prey. He is followed by Dr. Van Helsing, determined to defeat the creature and protect his victims. Intended for all who love thrills in the theater, there will also be a performance on Halloween.

Benefit Art Auction Exhibition

Date: Oct 14 through Oct 27

A beloved event, the Benefit unites local and national artists with our growing community of art patrons in an effort to raise critical resources for the Bemis Center. The Benefit Art Auction Exhibition will be on view, October 14–27, during public hours, Wednesday–Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and until 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays. All artwork is available for purchase prior to the Benefit Art Auction at "Buy it Now" prices.
Bemis Center admission is free, donations are welcome.

'Friday LIVE' From NET Oct. 27

Date: Oct 27

Location: NET
1800 N. 33rd Street, Lincoln,
NE

NET’s “Friday LIVE” arts and entertainment radio show will feature special performances from members of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra, the UNL Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Lincoln Choral Artists and Lincoln Early Music Consort when it broadcasts at 9 a.m. CT, Friday, Oct. 27, live from the Ron Hull Studio at NET, 1800 N. 33rd St., in Lincoln.

Urban Dreaming Art Exhibit

Date: Sep 1

Repeats: WEEKLY, 20171029T045959Z times

Location: Blue Cat Gallery & Studio
114 W. 3rd Street , Wayne,
NE

Urban Dreaming features paintings, photography and mixed-media by 7 regional artists: Bob Esquivel, Ronda Esquivel, Linda Stephen, Steve O'Hare, Cindy McClellan, Alex Beeson, and Kari Kollars. An opening reception will be held Friday, Sept 1. from 5-7pm, and is free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are Friday and Saturday from 10am-4pm. The exhibit runs Sept 1 - Oct 28. Please note: the gallery will be closed the weekend of Sept 29-30.

Benefit Art Auction + After Party Concert

Date: Oct 27

A beloved event, the Benefit unites local and national artists with our growing community of art patrons in an effort to raise critical resources for the Bemis Center. Special to this year's event, the Bemis partners with Maha Music Festival to create an After Party Concert featuring Cults with Closeness at the Bemis Center's Okada Sculpture & Ceramics Facility across the street from the main building at 723 S. 12th Street. Tickets to the concert can be purchased with individual Benefit Art Auction tickets or separately. The doors for the...

Music & Poetry II

Date: Oct 27

Location: Cottonwood Cafe-Bistro-Bar
440 S. 11th , Lincoln,
NE

FREE and open to the public – alternating performances of live music & poetic readings.
Performances by:
Musician – Spencer Krull
Author/Poet – Barbara Salvatore
The performers have been guaranteed a modest sum for this performance from Common Root PLUS Cottonwood Café-Bistro-Bar is donating a percentage of sales during this event which will be divided equally between the performers and Common Root PLUS we will have a free-will donation jar that also will be divided equally between the performers and Common Root.
100% of any artist...